Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1972
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Don E. Jackubek
Second Committee Member
Calvin Greatsarge
Third Committee Member
Helen E. Rogers
Abstract
It was the purpose of this study to determine if there is a relationship between concentrated decoding instruction and comprehension growth of third grade pupils. The program was designed as follows: 1) a comprehension pretest was administered to twenty-four third grade pupils; 2) an experimental and a control group of equal comprehension ability was established; 3) each day for twenty minutes, isolated from the control group, the experimental group, underwent intense decoding skills instruction; 4) upon completion of 90 days of instruction a comprehension posttest was administered and the mean raw scores of the two groups analyzed by the t test. The null hypothesis was accepted. No statistical significance was observed between the two groups.
Recommendations included increasing the population size and the length of the study and varying the presentation of instruction.
Recommended Citation
Pope, D., "An Experiment with Third Grade Pupils to Determine the Observable Relationship Between Decoding Instruction and Comprehension Growth" (1972). All Master's Theses. 2000.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2000
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